Condiment-shaker.



B. GBBHARDT.

GONDIMENT SHAKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. so, 1908.

942, 1 88 Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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. 1 CONDIMENT SHAKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1909.

Application filed March 80, 1908. Serial No. 424,178.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, EDWIN GEBHARDT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Condiment- Shakers, of

which thefollowin is a full, clear, and exact description, re erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of my specifications.

My invention relates to receptacles designed to hold, in separate compartments, both salt and pepper, or any other two condiments, which are used in a powdered or granulated state.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a shaker from which the condiments may be shaken at will either separately or both at the same time, and in which no movable valves or partitions are required to close off either compartment when the material from one compartment is to be delivered.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my im roved. shaker. Fig. 2 is a central longitu inal section, with the shaker partly inverted in position for discharging one of the granular substances alone.

1 is a receptacle, preferably cylindrical and of any desired size, which is divided into two'compartments 2 and 3 by a central vertical partition 4. When a larger quantity of one of the granulated substances is ordinarily used than the other, the partition 4 may be so arranged within the receptacle as to make a smaller compartment on one side than on the other.

5 the semispherical cap for the receptacle l and preferably to make a smooth fit, the rim of the upper edge of the receptacle 1 is contracted to leave a shoulder 6 so that the cap can fit snugly over the case. The cap 5 is provided with a central partition 7 which for convenience is made of two metal plates which .are spread apart at the lower edge to form a groove or socket 8 to fit tightly over the upper edge of the partition wall 4. Secured to.this partition 7 on each side of the wall are the inclined partitions 9, 10. These inclined partitions are secured to the partition 7 about %'of the distance between the top of the cap and the upper edge of the partition 4 when the cap is in place. The outer edges 11 and 12 of these inclined partitions are preferably turned downward parallel to the central gartition 7 of the cap. The'cap itself is provi ed with rows of perforations 13, 14, on each'side of a central zone 15 which is not perforated. The inner line of these perforations on each side of the central zone lies in a plane which is substantially midway between the partition 4 and the walls of the receptacle 1.

l/Vith the above described construction of a cap for the receptacle, if one of the compartments is filled with salt and the other with pepper, either salt or pepper can be shaken from the box without sifting out any portion of the condiment in the other receptacle. I have illustrated the action of the shaker in Fig. 2, in which a certain quantity of salt 16 is shown as being shaken therefrom and in which the position taken by the pepper 17 is illustrated.

In use the shaker normally stands on a suitable base 18. Both. compartments being filled, and the user desiring to shake one of the condiments, the shaker is turned over into a position shown in Fig. 2, so that the salt can be shaken through the perforations 13. In thus turning over the shaker the pep or instead of sifting out through the per orations 14, is caught partly in the recess 19 formed by the imperforate zone of the cap, and partly in the recess 20 formed by the inclined partition 10. By merely reversing the position of the box, the pepper can be sifted through the perforations 14 and the salt will be caught in the recesses 21 and 22. I

The shaker can be provided with a handle 23, opposite the central zone 15 of the cap, or handles can be provided for both sides, and opposite each other. These handles will also serve as a guide in using the shaker.

Of course, if it is desired to sift both condiments at the same time, the shaker is turned so that the condiments can sift through both openings 13 and 14.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a shaker for condiments, a receptacle provided with a division wall to divide the receptacle into two compartments, a cover for this receptacle perforated to permit the discharge of the condiments, the said cover provided with a partition to register with the division wall of the receptacle, and inclined plates secured on each side of the cover partition and extending downwardly and away from said partition across each receptacle, substantially midway of the sides central zone on each side of the cover artito prevent the discharge of the condiment tion to serve as an additional receptac e for 10 from the uppermost compartment when the the condiment to be retained.

shaker is inverted to discharge the contents 5 from the other compartment, at the same EDWIN GEBHARDT' time to permit free passage into the cover v Witnesses: from the lower compartment when soin- ELMER P. GnmnsoN,

verted, said cover having an imperforate Bmssm A. BEALL. 

